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Khanty Mansiysk underway!

Siberia it may be, but the weather can be pleasant this time of the year!

The top eight seeds won their opening game as 126 players started their 2011 World Cup campaign today. The biggest surprises of the day were Alexandr Fier beating Wang Yue, and up-and-coming American Sam Shankland overcoming Peter Leko with the black pieces. the second legs are tomorrow.

The two no-shows were Vladimir Akopian (who has broken his leg) and Wang Hao (who seems to have some heart problems). So Parimarjan Negi of India and Alexander Ivanov of the USA are already assured of having their names in the second round pairings.

Alexandr Fier

The results from the first legs of the first round are as follows:

Bd.

Seed

Title

White/ Rating

Country

Result

Seed

Title

Black/ Rating

Country

1

1

IM

Mejdi Kaabi 2344

TUN

0-1

128

GM

Sergey Karjakin 2788

RUS

2

2

GM

Vassily Ivanchuk 2768

UKR

1-0

127

FM

Henry Robert Steel 2362

RSA

3

3

Hatim Ibrahim 2402

EGY

0-1

126

GM

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2765

AZE

4

4

GM

Ruslan Ponomariov 2764

UKR

1-0

125

IM

Robert Gwaze (Not Published)

ZIM

5

5

IM

Eric Hansen 2449

CAN

0-1

124

GM

Vugar Gashimov 2760

AZE

6

6

GM

Alexander Grischuk 2746

RUS

1-0

123

IM

Vladimir Genba 2452

RUS

7

7

GM

Frank De La Paz Perdomo 2477

CUB

0-1

122

GM

Teimour Radjabov 2744

AZE

8

8

GM

Gata Kamsky 2741

USA

1-0

121

IM

Diego Rafael Di Berardino 2480

BRA

9

9

GM

Darcy Lima 2493

BRA

½-½

120

GM

Peter Svidler 2739

RUS

10

10

GM

Dmitry Jakovenko 2736

RUS

1-0

119

GM

A.R. Saleh Salem 2493

UAE

11

11

GM

Alexei Bezgodov 2503

RUS

½-½

118

GM

Nikita Vitiugov 2733

RUS

12

12

GM

Zoltan Almasi 2726

HUN

1-0

117

GM

Essam El Gindy 2510

EGY

13

13

GM

Jorge Cori 2514

PER

0-1

116

GM

Francisco Vallejo Pons 2724

ESP

14

14

GM

David Navara 2722

CZE

1-0

115

GM

Nikolai Kabanov 2520

RUS

15

15

GM

Ziaur Rahman 2528

BAN

½-½

114

GM

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2722

FRA

16

16

GM

Leinier Dominguez Perez 2719

CUB

1-0

113

GM

Elshan Moradiabadi 2532

IRI

17

17

GM

Alexander Ivanov 2538

USA

1-0F

112

GM

Wang Hao 2718

CHN

18

18

GM

Peter Leko 2717

HUN

0-1

111

GM

Samuel L Shankland 2539

USA

19

19

GM

Baris Esen 2543

TUR

½-½

110

GM

Alexander Moiseenko 2715

UKR

20

20

GM

Le Quang Liem 2715

VIE

1-0

109

GM

Susanto Megaranto 2544

INA

21

21

GM

Mark Paragua 2545

PHI

0-1

108

GM

Michael Adams 2715

ENG

22

22

GM

Alexei Shirov 2714

ESP

1-0

107

GM

Manuel Leon Hoyos 2548

MEX

23

23

GM

Namig Guliyev 2549

AZE

0-1

106

GM

Baadur Jobava 2713

GEO

24

24

GM

Fabiano Caruana 2711

ITA

1-0

105

GM

Aleksei Pridorozhni 2550

RUS

25

25

IM

Isan Reynald Ortiz Suarez 2556

CUB

0-1

104

GM

Ian Nepomniachtchi 2711

RUS

26

26

GM

Etienne Bacrot 2710

FRA

½-½

103

GM

Ray Robson 2560

USA

27

27

GM

Alexandr Fier 2566

BRA

1-0

102

GM

Wang Yue 2709

CHN

28

28

GM

Evgeny Tomashevsky 2707

RUS

1-0

101

GM

Zhao Zong-Yuan 2570

AUS

29

29

GM

Vlastimil Babula 2572

CZE

½-½

100

GM

Zahar Efimenko 2706

UKR

30

30

GM

Vladimir Malakhov 2706

RUS

½-½

99

GM

Ruben Felgaer 2573

ARG

31

31

GM

Evgeny E Vorobiov 2574

RUS

½-½

98

GM

Emil Sutovsky 2700

ISR

32

32

GM

Sergei Movsesian 2700

ARM

1-0

97

GM

Hou Yifan 2575

CHN

33

33

GM

Fidel Corrales Jimenez 2585

CUB

0-1

96

GM

Judit Polgar 2699

HUN

34

34

GM

Laurent Fressinet 2698

FRA

1-0

95

GM

Rinat Jumabayev 2589

KAZ

35

35

GM

Yaroslav Zherebukh 2590

UKR

½-½

94

GM

Pavel Eljanov 2697

UKR

36

36

GM

Ferenc Berkes 2696

HUN

1-0

93

GM

Sandro Mareco 2597

ARG

37

37

GM

Murtas Kazhgaleyev 2597

KAZ

½-½

92

GM

Dmitry Andreikin 2696

RUS

38

38

GM

Alexander Morozevich 2694

RUS

½-½

91

GM

Stelios Halkias 2600

GRE

39

39

GM

Anton Filippov 2606

UZB

1-0

90

GM

Sergei Zhigalko 2689

BLR

40

40

GM

Alexander Riazantsev 2688

RUS

1-0

89

GM

Mark Bluvshtein 2611

CAN

41

41

GM

Yuri Drozdovskij 2614

UKR

½-½

88

GM

Alexander Motylev 2685

RUS

42

42

GM

Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2683

POL

1-0

87

GM

Arman Pashikian 2616

ARM

43

43

GM

Yuri Shulman 2617

USA

½-½

86

GM

Vladimir Potkin 2682

RUS

44

44

GM

Peter Heine Nielsen 2681

DEN

½-½

85

GM

Evgeny Postny 2618

ISR

45

45

GM

Evgeny Romanov 2624

RUS

½-½

84

GM

Boris Grachev 2680

RUS

46

46

GM

Ernesto Inarkiev 2679

RUS

1-0

83

GM

Ivan Salgado Lopez 2626

ESP

47

47

GM

Abhijeet Gupta 2627

IND

½-½

82

GM

Rauf Mamedov 2679

AZE

48

48

GM

Mikhail Kobalia 2679

RUS

½-½

81

GM

Igor Lysyj 2629

RUS

49

49

GM

Bartosz Socko 2631

POL

0-1

80

GM

Viktor Bologan 2678

MDA

50

50

GM

Bu Xiangzhi 2675

CHN

1-0

79

GM

Ahmed Adly 2631

EGY

51

51

GM

Ivan Ivanisevic 2633

SRB

½-½

78

GM

Alexander Onischuk 2675

USA

52

52

GM

Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2673

CUB

½-½

77

GM

Yuniesky Quesada Perez 2635

CUB

53

53

GM

Mircea-Emilian Parligras 2636

ROU

1-0

76

GM

Yu Yangyi 2672

CHN

54

54

GM

Anton Korobov 2671

UKR

1-0

75

GM

Zhou Jianchao 2636

CHN

55

55

GM

Maxim Rodshtein 2637

ISR

0-1

74

GM

Pentala Harikrishna 2669

IND

56

56

GM

Li Chao b 2669

CHN

½-½

73

GM

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2637

VIE

57

57

GM

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2641

ROU

0-1

72

GM

Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2669

UZB

58

58

GM

Vladimir Akopian 2667

ARM

0-1F

71

GM

Parimarjan Negi 2642

IND

59

59

GM

Viorel Iordachescu 2646

MDA

1-0

70

GM

Sebastien Feller 2666

FRA

60

60

GM

Artyom Timofeev 2665

RUS

½-½

69

GM

Sergei Azarov 2648

BLR

61

61

GM

Ildar Khairullin 2649

RUS

½-½

68

GM

Ni Hua 2662

CHN

62

62

GM

Daniel Fridman 2659

GER

½-½

67

GM

Constantin Lupulescu 2650

ROU

63

63

GM

Markus Ragger 2651

AUT

½-½

66

GM

Evgeny Alekseev 2659

RUS

64

64

GM

Wesley So 2658

PHI

½-½

65

GM

Ding Liren 2654

CHN

The remaining schedule for the first round will be as follows:

29 August: Round 1 - Game 2

30 August: Tie-breaks

After the smoke has cleared after the first three days play, half of the players will have been eliminated!